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The successful businessman Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride (Pat O'Brien) is knocked out when a tramp he picked up drives his car into a river.Speed is rescued by a passing showboat.
Igor Vovkovinskiy [a] (also known as Igor Ladan; September 18, 1982 – August 20, 2021) was a Ukrainian-American law student, actor and tallest living person in the United States, [1] at 7 feet 8 + 1 ⁄ 3 inches (234.5 cm), briefly taking the record from George Bell.
The name Pinus coulteri comes from Latin for pine, and coulteri comes from its discoverer Thomas Coulter (1793–1843), an Irish botanist and physician. [9] Pinus coulteri was discovered by Dr. Coulter on the mountains of Santa Lucia, near the Mission of San Antonio, in latitude 36°, within sight of the sea and at an elevation of from 3000 to 4000 feet above its level.
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was an American man.He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
Pinus lambertiana (commonly known as the sugar pine or sugar cone pine) is the tallest and most massive pine tree and has the longest cones of any conifer.It is native to coastal and inland mountain areas along the Pacific coast of North America, as far north as Oregon and as far south as Baja California in Mexico.
Coyne's World War I draft registration card, dated 29 August, gave his height as 8 ft (240 cm), although he had reached a height of 8 ft 1.7 in (2.48 m), possibly 8 feet 4 inches (254 cm) by the time of his death. 1897–1921 (23) Brahim Takioullah: Morocco: 246 cm: 8 ft 1 in [26] Possesses the world's largest feet at 38 cm (1 ft 3 in). [27]
After the Llangernyw Yew was assessed by David Bellamy as 4,000 to 5,000 years old [15] "using all available data", and the Fortingall Yew, with its former 16 to 17-meter girth, [16] assessed as 5,000 years old, Methuselah may have lost claim to the title of world's oldest non-cloning tree, [17] though newer studies indicate a younger age ...
Matthew McGrory (May 17, 1973 – August 9, 2005) was an American actor. At 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m), he was recognized as the tallest actor by Guinness World Records.He portrayed physically imposing characters throughout his career, including Tiny Firefly in the horror films House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and The Devil's Rejects (2005) and Karl the Giant in the fantasy comedy-drama Big Fish (2003).